Jackrabbits host Kangaroos and Coyotes

South Dakota State closes the first half of The Summit
League season this weekend at home with matches against UMKC on Friday and
against South Dakota on Saturday. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. inside Frost
Arena.

The Jackrabbits return home after winning two of three
matches on the road last weekend, starting with a win at Valparaiso on
Wednesday, followed by a Summit League split over the weekend, with a loss at
IPFW on Friday and a win at Oakland on Saturday.

SDSU avenged a five-set loss to Valparaiso at the Hawkeye
Challenge on Aug. 25, with a 3-1 win against the Crusaders on Wednesday.

The Jacks played well at IPFW on Friday, but the Mastodons
played just a little bit better in a 3-0 sweep of the Jackrabbits by the set
scores of 26-24, 25-20 and 25-23.

Coming off the loss, the Jackrabbits struggled at times in
Saturday's match at Oakland, but they came through in the end to win the
five-set affair against the Golden Grizzlies.

Kelli Fiegen led the Jackrabbits in the three matches with
38 kills, with a .312 hitting percentage, adding a team-high 22 total blocks,
which includes three solo blocks and 19 block assists.

Shay Birath led the SDSU defense with 61 digs and with a
pair of service aces. Lizzie Palmer also posted a pair of aces in the three
matches.

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INSIDER ON FOX - Fans of South Dakota State Athletics can get a weekly
behind-the-scenes look at all 21 Jackrabbit varsity sports teams by tuning into
"The Jackrabbit Insider."

Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sundays on KTTW
FOX 17 at 10:30 p.m., and can also be seen on Fox Sports North at 6 p.m. on
Tuesdays.

FIEGEN CRACKS TOP-10
IN CAREER KILLS - Kelli Fiegen posted 21 kills at Southern Utah on Nov. 3,
2011 to become the 15th member of the SDSU 1,000-Kills Club and just the sixth
member to reach the mark as a junior. Now a senior, Fiegen cracked the all-time
top-10 in the Jacks win over North Dakota State on Sept. 16, and enters the
weekend with 1,247 career kills, good for eighth all-time and eight shy of
passing Wendy O'Neill (1,254 kills from 2000-03) for seventh on the all-time
list.

FIEGEN BLOCKS INTO
THE TOP-10 - In addition to her offensive prowess, Kelli Fiegen makes her
defensive mark on the block. The senior enters the week ranked ninth all-time
at SDSU with 98 solo blocks and second all-time with 353 block assists.

KLINGEMANN POISED TO
REACH 1,000 KILL MILESTONE - Kaitlin Klingemann recorded 304 kills in 2011
as a junior, giving her 762 in her career and leaving her 238 kills shy of
becoming the 16th member of the SDSU 1,000-Kills Club. She enters this weekend
with 923 kills, 77 shy of reaching the milestone.

BIRATH CHASING
ALL-TIME DIGS RECORD - Shay Birath became the 13th member of the SDSU 1,000-Digs
Club, and just the fifth member of the club to reach the milestone as a junior,
at Oakland on Sept. 24, 2011. She climbed into second all-time on Sept. 22, in
a win over Western Illinois, and enters the weekend with a 1,665 career digs,
265 away from a new school record.

HERRMANN ON PACE TO
JOIN 1,000-DIGS CLUB - After posting more than 300 digs in each of the last
two seasons, Kelly Herrmann entered her senior season 254 digs shy of becoming
the 14th member of the SDSU 1,000-Digs Club. She enters the weekend with 918
digs, 82 shy of the milestone.

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS

UMKC Kangaroos (11-7,
4-2 Summit) - Picked to finish seventh in The Summit League Preseason Poll,
the Kangaroos enter the weekend with the same 4-2 league record as the
Jackrabbits, good for a third place tie in the standings.

All four of the league wins came in five sets, with home
wins over Oakland and Omaha, and road wins at Western Illinois and at South
Dakota. The two losses came on the road against IUPUI in the league opener and
at home against IPFW.

The Series vs. UMKC
- The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 10-2, which includes a six match
winning streak to start the series. UMKC's only wins came in a 3-2 win on Oct.
1, 2009, and a 3-1 win in the last meeting on Nov. 11, 2011 at Frost Arena.

South Dakota Coyotes
(7-10, 1-4 Summit) - Picked to finish sixth in The Summit League Preseason
Poll, the Coyotes, who play at North Dakota State on Friday, opened league play
with a win at Western Illinois, but enter the weekend riding a four match
conference losing streak, with losses at IUPUI and home losses to IPFW, Oakland
and UMKC.

The Series vs.
South Dakota - The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 53-9. The
Jackrabbit dominance in the series includes a 40-match win streak from 1984-2002.
Despite the overall dominance, South Dakota came away victorious in five of the
last six meetings, including each of the last three.

NEXT UP FOR THE
JACKRABBITS - SDSU travels to Cedar Falls, Iowa for a match against
Northern Iowa on Tuesday, and then returns home to start the second half of The
Summit League Season at home against Omaha on Friday in the annual Dig Pink
match.